Pew Research Center

U.S. Protestants Are Not Defined by Reformation-Era Controversies 500 Years Later

St. Olaf Kirke, commonly referred to as The Rock Church, is a small Lutheran church located outside of Cranfills Gap, Texas. (Behr Richardson Photography via Getty Images) Five hundred years after the ...
Religion News Service

500 years ago, German peasants revolted – but their faith that the Protestant Reformation stood for freedom was dashed by Martin Luther and the nobility

(The Conversation) — The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and economic injustice. (The Conversation) — Five ...
Pew Research Center

Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded

Pope Benedict XVI embraces with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, in London’s Westminster Abbey during an evening prayer service in September 2010. (Richard Pohle/WPA Pool/Getty Images) ...